A woman comes home to finds a wounded fugitive in her house. His partner has taken her daughter. The woman must help the man get medical attention and escape if she ever wants to see her daughter again.

Started plotting. So far, a house, a car and a 7/11. Won't need anymore locations. Any suggestions keep them coming.

World: major storm has taken out infrastructure, power, phone etc. this removes the "just call the cops" question. Single mum, 15 yo daughter, should be home but missing.

Good point. A ticking clock is needed. She doesn't try to break free because that would sign a death warrant for her daughter (perhaps). Her daughter is her focus.

She must achieve his goals to achieve her own.

I was thinking of moving it to a hospital, but I am trying to keep it in a single location, as long as the story doesn't suffer.

I think the premise can handle a single location.

I'm curious, do you want her to escape in the third act or do they both leave the house? I guess she must pull of an Houdini as the leading character in "Nick of time" does.

You are right, I not think about that.

Hmm. LOL.

How Shakespearian is that. Great take, don't know if I could pull it off (I am not that type of writer), good twists. I'll pillage what I can from that tidal wave of thinking. Thanks

I thought something like that. The B story is the unfold of his backstory, what she learns about him. I think I can get away with empathy, love would be a stretch, he is still holding her daughter as far as she knows.

I personally find this a very original storyline, and using Rutger Oosterhoff's idea about love would improve it greatly as would make the genre more of a sub-love story, although you can't contrast love as a major part of the movie as it would seem as neglection towards the taken daughter. Maybe try to add the realisation of love when she see's how much the fugitive wants to help to find the daughter (so she thinks) but actually he just wants vengeance towards the other fugitive??? At the scene where he does find the fugitive and the daughter his anger and passion for vengeance drives him to forget about the safety of the daughter and the 'hostage' position she's in, eventually she dies from his lack of thinking in the moment and he kills the fugitive and to his shocked realisation of how he could of prevented the daughters death, he commits suicide from guilt.

Hope this helps.

I like where this story is going but I do not see the standard b story; the love interest. Why not make her slowwwwly fall in love with the fugitive, who then at in the beginning of the third act f?. her over?